زبان بجه

Key facts

Native to

Sudan , Eritrea , Egypt

Region

Red Sea

Ethnicity

Beja

Native speakers

2.76 million (2022–2023)

Language family

Afro-Asiatic Cushitic North Beja

Early forms

Proto-Cushitic Medjay Blemmyan

Dialects

Hadendoa , Hadareb , Amarar , Bisharin , Beni-Amer

Writing system

Latin alphabet (limited use), Arabic alphabet (limited use)

Recognised minority language in

Eritrea , Sudan

Iso 639 2

bej

Iso 639 3

bej

Glottolog

beja1238

via Wikipedia infobox